Definitions for: Ecclesiastical

[adj] of or associated with the Christian Church; "ecclesiastic history"

Webster (1913) Definition: Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al, a. [See Ecclesiastical,
a.]
Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization
or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical
affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.

Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and
discipline was an abomination. --Cowper.

Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent
commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider
and report upon the affairs of the Established Church.

Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the
discipline of the Established Church; -- called also
Christian courts. [Eng.]

Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as
administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.]

Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the
scales anciently used.

Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to
the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also
States of the Church.

Synonyms: ecclesiastic

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